Last payphone in NYC to be removed

The article mentions it but public telephony is still available: LinkNYC stations all but replaced the humble payphone.

There'll likely be a few scattered around the city still in public use, but for everything else there's a free VoIP call just around the corner.

Though the free calls come at the cost of a 55-inch revolving advertisement outside my door and around every corner. I wish very often for the "humble" option to return.

A more informative article about LinkNYC: https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/4/27/23045122/link5g-free-wifi-...

> CityBridge largely failed to accomplish its goal of helping to bridge the digital divide in the six years after kiosk installation began. The company put the majority of its more than 1,800 LinkNYC units in Manhattan but relatively few in The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, where neighborhoods lack at-home and mobile broadband at a higher rate ... the company fell short of ad revenue projections and was unable to pay $60 million it owed the city. The revenue shortfall resulted in an abrupt halt to kiosk installation ... The company faced bankruptcy in 2019.

For those in Europe ("this content is not available in your region" bullshit): https://archive.ph/XZ6rW

Not that we're missing much. The title says it all.